NHL Playoffs Primer

NHL PLAYOFFS PRIMER (simple version, coz that's what I can give you people without sounding like a total idiot :P)

Apparently, my explanation of the National Hockey League playoffs made Kal's head figuratively explode. HAHAHAHA.. it's not that hard to understand! At first, there are 16 teams that compete for the Cup in the first round, in eight best-of-7-game series. The top eight teams in each conference advance to the playoffs after the regular season; the seeding system goes like this: #8 team plays #1 team, #7 plays #2, #6 plays #3, and #5 plays #4. Through elimination, eight teams advance from the first round to play the second round, then four teams from the second to play the third, and finally the last two to advance to the final play the last round for the Stanley Cup. All of this can be very draining, given that each of the four series could be as long as 7 games each. But let's hope people understand it now. :P